I’m now blond….like need sun-glasses blond.  (as in hair)

No comments from the peanut gallery please.

In our last episode, the Pickwell’s had to postpone their IVF journey to take care of their current IVF product – Wyatt.   But all is well now and they begin again….

So here we go.  Another stab at the IVF prize…screaming babies.  [Side-note: If you can get through the 1st 8weeks, I think it just gets better and better.  Wyatt has to be the cutest, funniest, happiest 1yr old I know.  I love him!  End side-note]

We would have started last month but the fertility clinic closes for 2 weeks in June – guess they have to take vacations too.  But alas my wife has reach the point of the month where we call the clinic and say “Let’s GO!”  And the first thing they do is put us on birth control….so strange and cruelly ironic.

Thanks to good insurance, Wyatt’s incident only put us back 1k – which translates that we were only that far behind on paying for a baby.  Seriously, its like we’re going to the baby-lot to pick out a baby.  Costs the same, only we don’t get to pick the baby.  God does.  Actually if we were really demented we could pick the sex, screen for disease, etc.  Very Sci-fi.  But we’ll leave that in God’s hands.

So I think it will be fun to instead of saying to Wyatt, “I brought you into this world and I can take you out.”  I can I say, “I paid good money for you kid and I can take you back.”  Of course I would never do that just as my Dad would never ‘take me out’.  Though he probably came close.

So stay tuned to ‘IVF Journey’ to see what is going on.  I’ll keep you posted!

Spotsylvania County has a great 4th of July celebration.  Best part is we only had to walk about 2 blocks to get to it!  Tons of people, good friends, and funnel cake.  How can  you be that?  We were a bit anxious to see how Wyatt reacted to the fireworks.  We were close…really close.  We were basically looking straight up.  And he didn’t flinch.  I anticipated him freakn’ out and us having to leave.  But he watched almost the whole 30 mins of it – without earplugs.

Last week I had the privilege of leading worship for the Fredericksburg FCA PowerCamp.  Tons of fun!  But by the end of the week I was sapped.  Those kids wore me out.  Imagine leading “Salvations Chorus”, “One Way”, and “Happy Day” (among others) to 250-300 elementary and middle school age students all singing as loud as they could and jumping up and down the whole time….they wore me out!  I was glad to do it and hope to have the opportunity again!

Finally done.  Just have to unpack.

Thank you all who helped with the move.  It went smoothly!

Now to move a church….

Where: Be at 9914 W. Midland Way, 22408.
When:  We start between 8:30 -9:00 AM  Saturday 24th

Truck will be waiting
Bring your muscles
Be ready to have fun
Please RSVP

I goofed.  We’re not moving this Sat.  We’re moving next Sat. May 24th.  I’m so messed up.

Ok, let’s try this again.

Here is the plan.  Painting every night this week if your available.  Then we’re moving Saturday morning.  We’ll start that at 9:00 AM.  Please let me know if your available for either.  Thank you!

I now have short hair.  But it didn’t happen at all like I imagined.  In a moment of weakness after coming home from the hospital, Jennifer offered to cut my hair.  I agreed.  Wrong decision.  "I’ll only take a little bit off," she said.  She lied.  This was the result:

Don’t get me wrong, I love my wife, she’s just not a barber.

So after a trip to the emergency room, sorry, the hair-stylist, I
have a new due.  The ladies at the salon got a good laugh.  But all is
well.